diabetes Archives - The Westside Story

For the first time, a drug trial delayed the onset of diabetes in high risk patients

Jun 10, 2019

In a landmark achievement, researchers have reported successfully delaying the onset of type 1 diabetes in high-risk patients through an eight-year trial, according to Science. Just two weeks of treatment with ...

Weekend catch-up won’t reverse health effects and weight gain from missed sleep

West Side Story

Mar 1, 2019

Health, Science

Only catching up on sleep on the weekends, after losing sleep during the week, can lead to weight gain and a higher risk of diabetes, a new study suggests. The researchers studied 36 healthy adults between t...

Therapeutic fasting could fight type 2 diabetes, according to study

West Side Story

Oct 11, 2018

Health, Science

A new study suggests that planned, intermittent fasting may help to reverse type 2 diabetes, according to a report from ScienceDaily.com. Three patients of the doctors, who published their findings in the journ...

Research suggests old TB vaccine can reverse type-1 diabetes

West Side Story

Jun 23, 2018

Health, Science

Researchers have found that a cheap and widely available tuberculosis vaccine can bring blood sugar levels almost back to normal in patients with type 1 diabetes. The century-old bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) ...

Research identifies specific genes responsible for preventing health problems linked to obesity

West Side Story

Dec 26, 2016

Health, Science

A study has identified three genes as responsible for preventing health problems associated with obesity, in some individuals. A percentage of the obese population do not suffer from diabetes and heart disease,...

New study presents possible alternative for daily insulin injections for diabetics

West Side Story

Dec 10, 2016

Health, Innovation, Science

A prospective new diabetes treatment holds promise for someday replacing daily insulin injections for patients. The new cell-based therapy has been shown to successfully regulate blood sugar levels in diabetic ...

Research suggests prospective cell-therapy treatment to replace insulin injections for diabetes patients

West Side Story

Dec 8, 2016

Health, Innovation, Science

A new diabetes treatment holds promise for someday replacing regular insulin injections for patients. The new cell-based therapy has been shown to successfully regulate blood sugar levels in diabetic mice, by i...

Overweight diabetics could outlive underweight ones, points new study

Amanda

May 8, 2015

Health

Researchers at University of Hull in Britain working under the guidance of Drs. Stephen Atkin and Pierluigi Costanzo have arrived at yet another confusing set of conclusions regarding type 2 diabetes patients. ...

Experts blame unhealthy eating rather than lack of exercise for obesity

Cody Gash

Apr 26, 2015

Health

Three global experts are now trying to bust an old myth about lack of exercise being a culprit for obesity. The researchers claim that exercise is good at fighting diabetes, dementia and heart disease, but its ...

Inadequate sleep can raise blood levels of free fatty acids, trigger pre-diabetic conditions

Amanda

Feb 20, 2015

Health

A new research reveals that lack of sleep can raise the levels of free fatty acids in the blood, together with temporary pre-diabetic conditions, a finding that now reiterates a 15 year old study that had earli...

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